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1w ago
I have just been sent (and have now completed) the EMIS study (European Men’s Internet Sex Survey) 2024. It is completely anonymous and provides vital information about gay men’s health in Ireland and Europe. EMIS, a collaborative effort involving the academic, community, and governmental entities throughout Europe, was initiated in 2010 and reiterated in 2017 ..read more
HIV Blogger
1M ago
Last week, my blood pressure took a nosedive whilst I was receiving my dialysis care in Port Laoise. Fortunately, it did it on a day when the renal consultant was present. He changed the tablet regime from Labetalol 200 mg morning and evening to On dialysis days, Labetalol 100 mg before dialysis and 100 mg ..read more
HIV Blogger
3M ago
Once again, I had to travel up from Co. Kildare to Beaumont Hospital in north Dublin to attend the ID clinic. The appointment was scheduled for 10:50 a.m., but I didn’t arrive until just after 11.30. This was mainly due to deciding to catch the 08:27 train from Monasterevin rather than one around seven o’clock ..read more
HIV Blogger
6M ago
Yesterday afternoon, as usual for a Friday afternoon, I was receiving my dialysis treatment in Port Laoise. I was about an hour later than I ought to have been in taking my blood pressure medication (200 mg Labetalol) so it was taken at 11.00 instead of 10 am. Every time I get my dialysis, we ..read more
HIV Blogger
6M ago
On Tuesday 31 October, I had an appointment in the haematology clinic at the Midlands Regional Hospital at Tullamore with Dr Crotty. This appointment was a follow up on bloods having been taken when I was in the hospital back in June as my haemoglobin at the time was very low. Since then, the haemoglobin ..read more
HIV Blogger
6M ago
I’m pleased with the new De Vielle Luxury Rechargeable hot water bottle Andrew bought me last week. It is pre-filled with liquid and is heated using an electrical charge. It only takes 15 minutes to heat up — and it seems to last for hours. So, thank you, Andrew ..read more
HIV Blogger
6M ago
This morning, I left home at about 9.45 am. This was so I could walk to the station and get the 10.16 train to Port Laoise, which arrived at the terminus at about 10.30. That gave me plenty of time to walk up to the dialysis unit, with a brief stop-off for some breakfast in ..read more
HIV Blogger
6M ago
Back in August, I spent two hours with Steven Doyle, a photographer living in Dublin who is documenting people living with HIV and helping them to tell their stories to a wider audience. The above is his most recent video on the subject ..read more
HIV Blogger
6M ago
I used not to know what my blood pressure was on a regular basis. Of course, all of that changed when my kidneys failed and I ended up on hæmodialysis (HD) on a thrice-weekly basis. Every session of HD has me hooked up not only to a dialysis machine via blood lines for out and ..read more
HIV Blogger
7M ago
Wednesday saw the routine of ‘monthly bloods’ taken and sent off from the dialysis unit. In recent months, the most worrisome result has been the Hb or Haemoglobin level that has been recorded. Back in May and June, it hit a bottom point of 6.2. This week, however, it came back as over 10. This ..read more